The pitch, day three, pitch one.

There's a big problem with the millions of new electric vehicles hitting the road,

their batteries.

We need a battery that charges faster, last longer, and doesn't catch on fire.

And we need it to do all this with materials that are hard enough to find on the periodic

table, let alone in the Earth's crust.

The battery technology we need is something of a holy grail.

Today, a 21-year-old founder walks in the pitch room, looking like he borrowed his dad's

suit, with a pitch for what he thinks could be that holy grail.

But will results in the lab translate to money in the bank?

I'm Josh Muccio, welcome to the pitch, where real-onchpreneurs pitch to real investors for

real money.

I'm Neil Salis Griffin, Managing Director here at Techstar Chicago, and I'm happy to welcome

me out of my seat.

I'm Phil Neadell, I'm the Managing Director of Forefront Venture Partners.

I'm Jillian Manes, Managing Partner of Structure Capital.

I'm Mark Phillips, Managing Director of 11 Tribes Ventures.

I'm Victor Gutwine, I'm the Founder and Managing Partner of M25.

The pitch for nature on is coming up after this.

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